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An alliance of leading Australians has demanded the government impose a total ban on gambling ads in a country that racks up some of the biggest losses per person in the world. Gambling losses in Australia, with a population of just 27 million, are estimated at Aus$25 (US$16 billion) billion …

The Hai Phong City police dismantled a massive online gambling ring in 2019, arresting 395 Chinese nationals operating hundreds of illegal sites, marking Vietnam’s largest foreign-led gambling bust. In May 2019 they discovered that many people were living in the Our City Urban Area in Hai Thanh Ward, Duong Kinh …

A former military captain in Ho Chi Minh City was sentenced to death for running a narcotics trading ring involving 227 kilograms of drugs. Le Minh Tri, 34, the former military captain, stood trial at the 7th Military Region court for charges of illegal drug trade and storing and trading …

Celine Dion took a jab at Donald Trump on Saturday for using at an election rally the song she wrote and sang for the disaster movie “Titanic,” about the ocean liner’s sinking. The Republican presidential candidate has been lampooned on social media after playing the 1997 track “My Heart Will …

Travelers quickly banded together to rescue a driver trapped in a burning car during an eight-vehicle crash on Phu My Bridge in HCMC this week, completing the mission in two minutes.     Dramatic two-minute rescue of driver trapped in serial crashes on HCMC bridge Driver rescued on HCMC bridge

Many places in northern Vietnam recorded temperatures around 35 degrees Celsius or above on Saturday, as Hanoi sizzled under 39.3 degrees. Northern Vietnam is experiencing a widespread heat wave, particularly in the southern part of the northern delta. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, Saturday was the hottest …

Despite financial incentives for having more children, Vietnam is struggling with declining birth rates as economic concerns and lifestyle choices deter couples from expanding their families, threatening future population balance. Having two children before the age of 35, Nguyen Thien Han from Chau Thanh District of Tien Giang Province in …

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A woman was killed while her husband and child injured as a mountainside crumbled and buried their homestay facility in northern Vietnam Saturday. The landslide occurred around 4 a.m. when a mountain over 100 meters above Provincial Road 112 in Ta Xua Commune of Son La Province’s Bac Yen District …

From a border village in the southern Tay Ninh Province, a Vietnamese student overcame educational barriers to achieve an impressive 8.5 on the IELTS through self-study. Hoang Van Thai, 20, is currently a student majoring in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. …